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Catalyst Paper and its host communities needs the assistance promised by Ottawa sooner rather than later, B.C. Premier John Horgan has reminded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Borregaard and Borg Havn have agreed to build a modern, sustainable lignin warehouse in Øra, near Fredrikstad, Norway.

The Corner Brook Pulp and Paper mill is shipping 4,000 tons of newsprint directly to India by vessel this week.

Shorr Packaging Corp. announced the expansion and new location of their distribution and warehouse facility in Nashville, Tennessee.

Production in the Vallvik Mill has been affected by an unplanned shutdown due to disturbances in the bleaching plant and the recovery boiler. Repair work is underway and normal production is scheduled for Wednesday 9 May.

Canada's major forestry companies are riding an industry upswing as their share prices soar despite trade disputes with the United States and delays in shipments.

A fire at Glatfelter's Chillicothe, Ohio facility was quickly extinguished by the company's fire brigade on Friday.

A week-long trial for J.D. Irving Ltd., in connection with the death of an employee at the Valley sawmill will not be proceeding.

Oceanwood has entered into a sale and purchase agreement (the SPA*) to buy the entire issued share capital of Norske Skog.

Smurfit Kappa's unwanted suitor, International Paper (IP), has signaled that it has limited appetite to continue to pursue the Irish company if it continues to resist engaging on the possibility of a tie-up.

As the demands of our industry continue to shift, the stakes have never been higher. Accepting this new normal is one way of doing business. Relishing its potential is our way of doing business at AstenJohnson.

Smurfit Kappa has been named among the most important companies in Colombia for its contribution to society and development of the country.

Effective May 2, 2018, Solenis and BASF signed an agreement to combine BASF's paper and water chemicals business with Solenis to jointly create a customer-focused global specialty chemical company.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced that 65.8 percent of paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling in 2017.

WestRock Co. CEO Steve Voorhees told investors that the company's $4.9 billion merger with KapStone Paper and Packaging Co. is still on track despite extra scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Boise Cascade Company announced an agreement to acquire assets of Norman Distribution, Inc., a distributor of engineered wood products (EWP), commodity lumber items, and specialty building materials located in the Medford, Oregon market.

LSC Communications and R.R. Donnelley & Son's Company announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for LSC Communications to acquire the Print Logistics component of RRD's Logistics business.

Packaging Corporation of America, one of the largest makers of containerboard and corrugated packaging products in the country, made its pledge at the university's annual Paper Days conference in April.

CN announced it will buy 350 centrebeam cars to serve growing demand from lumber producing customers across its North American network.

Mondi has agreed to buy a privately-owned industrial bags maker operating in Egypt for 23.7 million euros ($28.75 million) to expand deeper into the Middle East, the South African packaging group said.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced the renewal of the collective agreements at eight of its pulp and paper operations in Canada.

Amid a national outcry from newspaper publishers, Norpac announced Tuesday that the Longview paper mill will hire 50 new full- and part-time employees as tariffs on Canadian newsprint set in.

WestRock Co. plans to grow its operations in Lanett by expanding its building, adding new shipping docks, creating more office space and investing in new equipment. It will also build a 375,000-square-foot distribution center on a 30-acre site in Valley Industrial Park to support the Lanett facility.